happy Monday, vol. 44

3 things that are making me happy lately ...
1. I successfully bid on and purchased on eBay a few brooches and clip-on earrings for the part-brooch, part-real-flower bouquet I plan to DIY for my wedding. Given that I've never made a bouquet before, this should be ... interesting. Not to fear, this is not going to turn into Bridal Blah Blah Central!
2. I got to taste a caramel apple for the first time this weekend. (I know, where have I been?)
3.  I'm reading and enjoying Anne Lamott's "Traveling Mercies." I picked it up at the library for a dollar, intending to pass it on to a friend who will enjoy it, and decided to read it so we could discuss it. Not the usual thing I read, but she makes some good points.